Music Experiences

During a transition time, lining up to go outside, I had the children sing songs to keep them occupied while all the children were getting their coats on. We sang The Itsy Bitsy Spider. I changed the words at the end of the first verse and the children all stopped what they were doing to look at me. They were surprised that I sang it wrong and were quick to correct me. So we started over and this time we all got it right. I did this for each verse, starting the entire song over each time. By the time we got to the end of the song correctly all the children were ready to go and it had kept their attention so completely that for the first time there was no shoving or hitting in the line. I will be doing this more often with different songs to see if it works all the time or if this was a fluke.